Pokrovskiye vorota (1982) (TV)

Director:

Mikhail Kozakov

Writers:

Leonid Zorin (play)
Leonid Zorin (screenplay)

Release Date:

1982 (Soviet Union)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Stories from the lives of the tennants of the Moscow's communal apatment: Kostik, who is a college student...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Flashback | Wedding | Time Warp | Biker

Cast

Oleg Menshikov	...	Konstantin 'Kostik' Romin
Sofiya Pilyavskaya	...	Alisa Vitalyevna
Leonid Bronevoy	...	Arkadi Velyurov
Inna Ulyanova	...	Margarita Khobotova
Anatoli Ravikovich	...	Lev Khobotov
Viktor Bortsov	...	Savva Ignatevich
Yelena Koreneva	...	Lyudochka
Tatyana Dogileva	...	Svetlana Popova
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina	...	Nina Orlovich
Igor Dmitriyev	...	Gleb Orlovich
Yevgeni Morgunov	...	Soyev
Natalya Krachkovskaya	...	Soyev's Wife
Valentina Voilkova	...	Rita (as V. Voilkova)
Emmanuil Geller	...	Savelyich (as E. Geller)
Yevgeni Kuleshov		(as Ye. Kuleshov)

Also Known As:

Покровские ворота (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Pokrov Gates (USA)
The Pokrovskie Gate (International: English title)
The Pokrovsky Gate (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
The Pokrovsky Gates (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

Soviet censorship had a problem with the film's final sequence, where a motorcycle seems to be flying away. The asked the director, Mikhail Kozakov, "Where is it flying away to? Israel?" (referring to the massive immigration of Russian Jews to Israel at that time). Stunned, Kozakov replied, "No, to the future."

Movie Connections:

References Karnavalnaya noch (1956)

A really decent movie

Just watch this brilliantly made film from the 80s USSR and you will love it. It portrays ordinary Moscow citizens from the 50s, the main hero being Kostik (Oleg Menshikov). He depicts his life from the moment that he arrived in Moscow to attend university. The main heroes have plenty of warm and humorous adventures, several broken hearts, yet everything is always alright at the end. It is quite something to watch this movie now and remember those times. This movie will undoubtedly cause some to get a bit nostalgistic, but that just adds to the quality of this film. It was always pleasing to see such great movies from the Soviet Union and always will be.